diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index a604552fa634..c375a5d54b40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ struct ixgbe_adapter {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_IPSEC
 	struct ixgbe_ipsec *ipsec;
 #endif /* CONFIG_IXGBE_IPSEC */
+	spinlock_t vfs_lock;
 };
 
 static inline u8 ixgbe_max_rss_indices(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 750b02bb2fdc..8cb20af51ecd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6397,6 +6397,9 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	/* n-tuple support exists, always init our spinlock */
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->fdir_perfect_lock);
 
+	/* init spinlock to avoid concurrency of VF resources */
+	spin_lock_init(&adapter->vfs_lock);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
 	ixgbe_init_dcb(adapter);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
index aaebdae8b5ff..0078ae592616 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
@@ -204,10 +204,13 @@ void ixgbe_enable_sriov(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, unsigned int max_vfs)
 int ixgbe_disable_sriov(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	unsigned int num_vfs = adapter->num_vfs, vf;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int rss;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 	/* set num VFs to 0 to prevent access to vfinfo */
 	adapter->num_vfs = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 
 	/* put the reference to all of the vf devices */
 	for (vf = 0; vf < num_vfs; ++vf) {
@@ -1305,8 +1308,10 @@ static void ixgbe_rcv_ack_from_vf(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 void ixgbe_msg_task(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 vf;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 	for (vf = 0; vf < adapter->num_vfs; vf++) {
 		/* process any reset requests */
 		if (!ixgbe_check_for_rst(hw, vf))
@@ -1320,6 +1325,7 @@ void ixgbe_msg_task(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 		if (!ixgbe_check_for_ack(hw, vf))
 			ixgbe_rcv_ack_from_vf(adapter, vf);
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->vfs_lock, flags);
 }
 
 void ixgbe_disable_tx_rx(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)